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accession: "0001193125-26-267799"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTBB"
cik: "0000068622"
company_name: "QWEST CORP"
filed_at: "2026-06-11T20:52:52+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T20:54:15.117446+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Qwest issues $1.38B in new notes due 2051/52; eliminates restrictive covenants on old notes

## Summary
- Issued $1.002B of 6.500% Notes due 2051 and $381.5M of 6.750% Notes due 2052.
- New notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Lumen Technologies.
- Consents obtained to eliminate substantially all restrictive covenants on old notes (6.5% 2056, 6.75% 2057).
- New 6.500% 2051 notes ($25 denom.) and 6.750% 2052 notes to list on NYSE under CTGG, CTHH.
- Settlement completed June 11, 2026; notes registered under Form S-4 prospectus.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-267799
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTBB
- cik: 0000068622
- company_name: QWEST CORP
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T20:52:52+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000119312526267799/0001193125-26-267799-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312526267799/d20154d8k.htm

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